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Small pond, presumably in Blacksburg. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Stream, presumably in Blacksburg. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Deyerle's Store as of 1997. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Historic photo of Deyerle's Store, built in 1875. Blacksburg's most substantial and best-preserved commercial building from the late nineteenth century (as of 1997). Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided.…

A false front added to the building in the twentieth century fell off in 1986, allowing a partial restoration of the building. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created…

Meeting house used by Blacksburg's Presbyterian and Methodist congregations until 1847. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Blacksburg Presbyterian church. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Two-story frame house dating from the third quarter of the nineteenth century. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

One-room house dating from the antebellum period. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Historic photo showing the original appearance of the Price House. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Two-story, two-room Price House on the northeast side of Wharton Street. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Two-story, two-room structure, one of the earliest domestic structures remaining in the Blacksburg residential district. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the…

Two-story, one-room log house, one of the earliest remaining structures in the Blacksburg residential district. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of…

Colonial Inn in Blacksburg. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration

1853 drawing of Blacksburg by Lewis Miller. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

A two-story, two-room log residence, possibly built before 1830. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Map of Blacksburg grid, with the town as it was originally laid out by founder William Black. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Map of Blacksburg, with its modern boundaries superimposed on a plan of the earliest land grants. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit…

Map of Montgomery County. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Part of the historic district of Blacksburg, most likely Main Street. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

College Avenue, the border of the residential district and Virginia Tech. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Wilson Street residential area. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Progress Street residential area. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Historic district of Blacksburg. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Roanoke Street, historic route of the northerly road from Botetourt County that led southwest toward Tennessee and Kentucky. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at…

Terrace View apartments, the first large student complex, was built in 1970.

Corning Glass Works plant south of Blacksburg, opened in 1964.

Blacksburg Municipal building on South Main Street, constructed in 1969.

Composite of all 6 Sanborn Company Fire Insurance Maps.

The Lyric Theatre in its 1910 location.

Architect and engineer Louis Philippe Smithey, who helped build the Lyric Theatre.

Front of the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, VA.

Sketch of the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, VA.

Central Hotel building at Yellow Sulphur Springs, built in the 1880s.

Yellow Sulphur Springs hotel, built in 1810. Image c. 1924.

Old Hotel at Yellow Sulphur Springs in Montgomery County, VA.

Yellow Sulphur Springs Resort in Montgomery County, VA.

Strouble's Creek, Blacksburg, VA.

Tipple at the Merrimac Mines, Fall of 1923.

Undated image of Main Street, Blacksburg, VA.

Color image of Main Street, Blacksburg, VA.

The original Lyric Theatre, opened on April 14, 1930.

Main Street, Blacksburg, circa 1960s.

Main Street, Blacksburg, VA, circa 1907.

Main Street, Blacksburg, VA, circa 1900-1919.

Postcard depicting a Huckleberry Railroad train and its crew.

Dr. Gardner's building (early 1900's) and building once occupied by Kroger and Tech Drug.

Log house at Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, VA.

Preston family burying ground at Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, VA.

Cupboard at Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, VA.